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This big, beautiful old-style city library is great. Staff is helpful and has bus routes for the whole city - the only place in Milwaukee I could find with complete bus schedules. The collection seems fun. The structure is pretty. It is not overrun by...More

This building is fantastic! Just stroll through and be sure to go upstairs and down to see it all. Very nice helpful people work there also and there is a coffee shop/ book selling area with good muffins and various food stuffs. It is also...More

This is a beautiful building everyone should visit and appreciate. The library carries books, art, information, research, computers, and nice people that will direct you and help you. It even has a drive through!

I love the "downtown" (Central) library. The kids' section has grown and is lots of fun. It's a huge place with lots of reference items, meeting rooms, computers to use, etc. There's a coffee shop inside, too.

Love the Library for my little ones. It welcomes everyone with a light show and quotes. Made it easier to leave with the light show to distract the little ones that they were leaving. Inside was filled with incredible books and interactive spaces to live...More

Very beautiful building. Only lowered rating because...well, it's a library and we like to sit down to read. There are literally no comfortable chairs in the library designed for leisure reading. Only hard wooden chairs for research-type reading.

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